Sokkate
Sign in to saveSokkate ( ;, translit. CukkateH, ; 29 March 1001 – 11 August 1044), also spelt as '''Soke G'dey () or Cukkati''' ( စုက္ကတိ), was king of Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1038 to 1044. The king lost his life in a one-on-one combat with Anawrahta, who succeeded him and went on to found the Pagan Empire.
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Sokkate ( ;, translit. CukkateH, ; 29 March 1001 – 11 August 1044), also spelt as '''Soke G'dey () or Cukkati''' ( စုက္ကတိ), was king of Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1038 to 1044. The king lost his life in a one-on-one combat with Anawrahta, who succeeded him and went on to found the Pagan Empire.
According to the chronicles, Sokkate was a son of King Nyaung-u Sawrahan whose reign was usurped by King Kunhsaw Kyaunghpyu. Kunhsaw married Nyuang-u's three chief queens, two of whom were pregnant and subsequently gave birth to Kyiso and Sokkate. Sokkate and Kyiso were raised by Kunhsaw as his own sons. When the two sons reached manhood, they forced Kunhsaw to abdicate the throne and become a monk. When Sokkate became king after Kyiso's death in a hunting accident, he took one of Kunhsaw's queens who had given birth to Anawrahta. When Anawrahta came of age, he challenged Sokkate to single combat, and killed the king.